" You are more than 60, you are too
old to work! Just stay at home and
play Majiang!" Someone told me.
I'm afraid I can't go along with this
view. I think , physically maybe
I am a little bit old, but mentally
I am still young.
I have quite a few dreams needed
to be realized ,
I have a lot of plans needed to be
fulfilled ,
I have many books needed to read,
I have ...,so many things needed to
be done.
Youth is not a time of life. It's a state
of mind. It is a matter of the will, a
quality of the imagination ,a vigor of
the emotion. Years may wrinkles the
skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles
the soul. Worry, fear,self-distrust bow
the heart and turn the spirit back to
dust.
Our thoughts must be directed to the
future, and to things about which
there is something to be done. If we
have wide and keen interests and
activities in which you can still be
effictive , we will have no reason to
think about the merely number of years
you have already lived.
"Man's dearest possession is life. It is
given to him but once, and he must live
it so as to feel no torturing regrets for
wasted years, never know the burning
shame of a mean and petty past."
To live is to function, that is all there
is in living.
I'll study everyday until the end of life.
I'll enjoy life with my family and friends.
I'll keep abreast with the times. |
